When Marnie Was There

Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.

103 Mins

7.9 / 10

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

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